Pharaoh's Army Page #2

You need three fingers

of slack right here.

I got a matched pair

of sorrel mules back home

That turn on a skinny dollar.

Must be about 10, huh?

That old, huh?

Put some salt in his feed,

And you might get

A couple more crop years

out of her.

Come on, come on!

The Yankee captain

Asked if he could turn

a few rows.

I didn't see

the harm in it.

It made my job easier,

you see.

And that morning

was the first

I seen mama

wear her green dress

To the plow field.

Hyah! Hyah!

How's Newt?

You ain't been in

to see him?

Cain't.

Bad luck.

This is not bad luck.

He is not dead.

It's a gut wound.

Ain't nothing you can do.

What's he doing out there?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

He is a widower.

He's, um... Brushing

off the cobwebs.

He ain't

much of a soldier.

Whoa, whoa.

Thank you, sir.

Where's your husband

fighting?

The army of Tennessee.

Was he at Shiloh?

Yeah.

That was a bad mess.

You was there?

No... No.

No, we never been

in a big scrape.

"meet the elephant,"

boys call it.

Ma'am, last night,

What you said

about your little girl.

I'm real sorry.

Sorry don't do nothing.

Don't stop you

from taking our cow or ham,

Killing our chickens.

Well,

you have a corn crop.

Some have it worse.

So that's it?

You's out here

blistering up your hands

To make you feel better

about stealing from us?

If I was you,

I'd take advantage.

These blisters can't

hold out much longer.

Come on.

Ahem.

What?

Hell, Neely,

they were starting to smell.

Go ahead. Smell.

You can't leave dead chickens

in a rucksack for 2 days!

Corporal!

Uh... Uh, captain?

Corporal.

Them chickens

are starting to smell.

Well, pluck 'em.

Uh, pluck 'em, sir?

How do you do this?

I ain't.

I might.

They say you cannot know

who does and who don't.

It will surprise you.

You ain't running

From the elephant,

are you?

Me?

Yeah, you.

No.

You get shot a lot easier

showing them your backside.

And you know something

about this?

I joined up to fight.

No...

No, I ain't running.

Yeah, I know

something about it.

Rodie, we ain't soldiers.

We are chicken thieves.

You kiss my brown spot.

I joined up to fight.

My brother saw action.

Wildcat, mule springs,

Shiloh.

He said

you become a new man

With your first shot.

Dead and dying hardly

get a passing thought.

Become

cool and deliberate.

Captain!

Corporal?

You hear it?

Hear what?

Gunfire.

Whoa, whoa. What?

There was shooting

from over there.

Squirrel hunters

most likely.

Go ride over

and find out.

Ride over?

Might run straight up

to an ambush.

I'm in charge.

Neely, only reason

you got that stripe

Is you

too bold-ass dumb

To think for yourself.

Are you a general?

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